The International Game of Power: Past, Present and Future

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I. Human Artifacts, Social ¡Dilemma and the International System 1. The International System as a Human Artifact 2. States and the International System as a Response to the Social Dilemma and as a Means of Exploitation and Oppression 3. Nature of International Actors, of International Aims and Issues II. International Political Systems 1. Basic Laws of the International Political System 2. The Multipolar International System 3. Balance of Power Systems 4. Factors Causing the Breakdown of Balance of Power Systems 5. Factors Causing the End of the European Balance of Power System 6. The Bilateral Power System (Bipolar System) 7. The Universal Empire III. Factors Determining the Power of States 1. Military Power 2. Geographical Situation, Size and Population 3. Education, Science, Economic and Technological Development 4. Social and Political Organization IV. Aims of International Politics 1. Limited Aims: The Nation State 2. Expansionist Aims: The Nation State and Economic Interests 3. Economic Relations between State and Non-State Actors 4. Holy and Unholy Imperialism 5. The Aims of Universal States V. The Means of Foreign Policy 1. Economic Pressure and Warfare 2. Infiltration, Internal Destruction and Terrorism 3. Ideology and Religion 4. Guerilla War 5. Diplomacy VI. Contradictions and Dilemmas of International Politics 1. The Armaments Race 2. The Preservation of Knowledge and the Continuity of Foreign Policy 3. The Dilemma between External and Internal Policies 4. International Disorder, International Law and Morality VII. The Present World System 1. The Bipolar Post-War System 2. Possible Future Developments of the Present International System 3. What Kind of World do we Want? 4. Can we Move Towards an Improbable Future?